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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tisby view the U.S. Constitution?
(a) As an antislavery document.
(b) As a document that takes no stance on racial issues.
(c) As a proslavery document.
(d) As a document that upholds the rights of Black people.

2. What was the name of the president of the National Baptist Convention, often known as the "Negro Pope"?
(a) L. Venchael Booth
(b) Rev. Joseph H. Jackson
(c) Gardner Calvin Taylor
(d) Benjamin Mays

3. What famous silent film claimed to present the story of the KKK's establishment?
(a) A Corner in Wheat.
(b) The Fugitive.
(c) The Birth of a Nation.
(d) Broken Blossoms.

4. What motivated George Pepperdine to found his university?
(a) A desire to train future politicians and leaders.
(b) A desire to provide students with a religious education.
(c) A desire to create a racially integrated school.
(d) A desire to omit religious teaching from the curriculum.

5. What led to the split of the Methodist Episcopal Church?
(a) A slave-owning bishop refused to either resign or give up his slaves.
(b) A slave-owning parishioner was excommunicated from the church.
(c) The church congregation disagreed on the question of segregation.
(d) The church congregation argued over a piece of political legislation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book of the Bible contains the "Curse of Ham" (82) passage?

2. Why did Linda Browns parents originally want to send her to an all-white school?

3. What was the most common cause of death in the Civil War?

4. Which Black preacher helped found the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

5. What was the term for secret places where enslaved Blacks met to worship?

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